Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly उत्तराखण्ड विधानसभा |
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4th Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
S. Ramaswamy, IAS
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Structure | |
Seats | 71 |
Political groups
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Government (57)
Opposition (13)
Others (1)
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Length of term
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5 years |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election
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15 February 2017 |
Next election
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2022 |
Meeting place | |
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun, Uttarakhand | |
Website | |
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
Footnotes | |
^† 70 seats are open for the direct election while 1 seat is reserved for the member of Anglo Indian community. |
Government (57)
Opposition (13)
Others (1)
The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, (Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड विधानसभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 29 States in India, and is situated at Dehradun, the interim state capital of Uttarakhand, with 71 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Following the Bharatiya Janata Party's historic win in 2017 election, the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Leader of the House is Trivendra Singh Rawat. The Speaker of the Assembly is Premchand Aggarwal. Krishan Kant Paul is the current Governor of Uttarakhand. From 27 March 2016 to 12 May 2016, Uttarakhand was under President's Rule.
Capping a nine-day high-voltage political drama, the Central Government on Sunday brought Uttarakhand under President’s rule citing a constitutional breakdown in the wake of a rebellion in the ruling Congress, which slammed the decision calling it a "murder of democracy" and a "black" day.
President Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution dismissing the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat and placing the Assembly under suspended animation this morning on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet.